Stories from Sunday, May 10, 1992

MARBLE HILL -- Jewel D. Stratton, 50, of Sturdivant, died Friday, May 8, 1992 at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. She was born at Jaspar, Ala. on May 8, 1942, daughter of Filepe and Lucille Herron Hernandez She is survived by two sons, James Stratton, of Marble Hill and Kenneth Stratton of Carlinville, Ill; a daughter, Lisa Stratton, of Sturdivant; two brothers, Phillip Hernandez of Taylor, Mich. ...

PERRYVILLE -- The Rev. Thomas J. Murphy, 88, of Perryville, died Thursday, May 7, 1992, at St. Mary's Seminary. He was born Sept. 13, 1903, in Chicago, son of Thomas Joseph and Delia Veronica Murphy. Murphy was a Vincentian priest, retiring in 1978. He moved to Perryville in 1989. He did hospital work in Sherman and Dallas, Texas, and did pastoral work in LaSalle, Ill.; New Orleans, La.; St. Vincent's in Cape Girardeau; Cotulla, Texas, and Chicago...

MORLEY -- Mary Kathryn Mize, 74, formerly of Morley, died Friday, May 8, 1992, at the SEMO Care Center in Sikeston. She was born July 16, 1917 at Morley, daughter of Thomas F. and Bertha Robinson Irvin. She had been employed as a secretary at a life insurance agency...

Memorial service for Dr. Joe H. Low Sr. of Sun City, Ariz., will be held there Tuesday. Low, 86, was a surgeon and general practitioner 40 years in Coffeyville, Kan., before retiring to Sun City. Survivors include his wife, Mildred; a son, Joe Low Jr. of Cape Girardeau; a daughter, Jean Anne Bloomfield of Bartlesville, Okla., and four grandchildren...

After two years of financial woes, the Exchange Banks are no longer. Following months of speculation and struggle, the Division of Finance closed and liquidated the banks late Thursday. On Friday, all five former Exchange banks reopened under new ownership...

Baseball is mainstream America. It is America itself and baseball dinners are times for reminiscence. They had a sports dinner in St. Louis the other night. There was extensive reminiscence about one athlete in particular, Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color line in modern major league baseball. ...

If he becomes Missouri's next governor, Secretary of State Roy Blunt says he wants to provide direction for real change in education to develop a system that "puts us at the top of the class among the states." Blunt cited a 1904 history book which showed that at that time, Missouri's school attendance rates were far above the national average, illiteracy rates were below other states, and Missouri spent a greater percentage of its budget on education than any other state...

When nearly 2,000 Cape Girardeau County elementary students hear "cheep-cheep," they are gaining rich learning experiences from the University of Missouri Extension incubation and embryology project, better known as hatching chicks in the classroom...

Dear Editor: As members of the community, we wish to express our concern at the distribution of the recent "hate flyer" on the Southeast Missouri State University campus and in the local community. We believe that our community should strive to embody the ideals expressed in the Pledge of Allegiance of "liberty and justice for all."...

Funeral service for Louise Hinkle, 1105 Linden, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Joe McCullough will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon until service time...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Ramon A. Jones of Jackson will be held at 1 p.m. today at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Rodney Travis will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Jim Rainey. Burial will be in Snider Cemetery near Millersville. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until service time...

KELSO -- Funeral mass for Ivah Frances Lux of Kelso will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Augustine Catholic Church. Msgr. John Westhues will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Scott City from 6-9 p.m. today. The rosary will be at 8...

CHAFFEE -- Claude R. Dees, 86, of Chaffee, died Saturday, May 9, 1992, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. He was born in Wayne County Aug. 11, 1905, son of Henry and Laura Phelps Dees. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Chaffee. On April 24, 1927 he married Emma Ella Gobble of Zalma. She preceded him death on Feb. 10, 1988...

BERTRAND - Pearl Reed Finley, 76, of Bertrand, died Saturday, May 9, 1992 at the Miner Nursing Center at Miner of an extended illness. She was born Jan. 2, 1916 at Sasfrass Ridge, Ky., daughter of the late John A. and Molly Curry Reed. Finley lived for the past 30 years in Bertrand, where she was a member of the Cornerstone Baptist Church. She married Otis Finley on April 25, 1943. He survives at the Miner Nursing Center...

Donald Lee Gater, 51, of 1508 North Water, died Wednesday, May 6, 1992 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Gater was born Sept. 15, 1940 in Albuquerque, N.M. to the late Gilbert and Ella Woods Gater. On April 24, 1972, he married Lois Welker in Cape Girardeau. She survives...

Rilla Ford, 89, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday night, May 8, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Nov. 12, 1902, at Advance, daughter of James and Nellie Searcey Barks. She married Clarence Albert Ford Oct. 16, 1923, at Jackson. He died Dec. 8, 1964...

ST. MARYS James Layton, 71, of St. Marys, died Saturday, May 9, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 17, 1920 in Perry County, son of James and Lula Skaggs Layton. He married Mary L. Layton on Oct. 5, 1974. She survives...

PERRYVILLE - Perryville resident Lawrence V. Cissell died Thursday, May 7, 1992 at St. Mary's Health Center in St. Louis. He was 64. Cissell was born March 25, 1928, the son of Frank and Mary Tucker Cissell, both deceased. He retired as a stitcher from International Shoe in Perryville. He married Frieda H. Winkler on Oct. 29, 1949 in Perryville. She survives...

PERRYVILLE -- Grace A. Brown, 80, of Perryville, died Thursday, May 7, 1992, at American Care Center. She was born Jan. 28, 1912, at Perryville, daughter of Henry C. and Rose Z. Ross Schrumpf. She first married Alfred Gooden, who preceded her in death. Later she married Ernst P. Brown, who also preceded her in death...

MARBLE HILL -- Funeral service for Margaret Burchett of Marble Hill was held Saturday at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance. The Revs. Gary Cooper and Gene Robbins officiated, with burial in Cox Cemetery near Arab. Burchett, 69, died Thursday, May 7, 1992, at her home...

Like a modern-day Phileas Fogg, Bill Bussey created a stir when he unexpectedly dropped in on a Cape Girardeau neighborhood to take dozens of excited youngsters on a special trip. It wasn't "Around the World in 80 Days," but brief rides in Bussey's "Old Milwaukee" hot-air balloon left the children with the heady thrill of having been up, up and away...

Political candidates have a right to run graphic television commercials such as one by an Indiana congressional candidate showing aborted fetuses, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said Saturday. The chairman, Alfred C. Sikes, said at a Cape Girardeau press conference that he doesn't believe such campaign advertising should be regulated...

KELSO -- The key to handling a house full of children is dealing with one dilemma at a time, enjoying the good times and hoping no one comes down with a cold, according to a mother of triplets. Lori Reinagel, a mother of five children under the age of 8, including a set of 22-month-old triplets, said she's learned to keep smiling through the mounds of laundry, boxes upon boxes of diapers and frequent visits to the doctor's office...

Cape Girardeau public schools and Southeast Missouri State University have formed a "Cooperative Alliance for Public Education" (CAPE) to focus on long-term strategies for restructuring education. The new alliance was announced Friday by school district and university officials...

Southeast Missouri State University officials say they are pleased with the level of funding for the institution that has been included in the $10.2 billion state budget approved by the legislature last week. "Overall, I think the legislature has done a fine job for us, given the availability of funds," said Art Wallhausen, assistant to the president at Southeast...

Officials of Boatmen's Bank of Cape Girardeau and Commerce Bank of Poplar Bluff say they are pleased with transition operations during the first two days following their acquisitions of First Exchange Corp. facilities in Cape Girardeau County. "We have looked at the results of the first two days since the purchase Friday," said Roger Tolliver, chairman and chief executive officer of Commerce Bank of Poplar Bluff. "We're pleased."...

In the past few weeks thousands and thousands of little holes have been dug in gardens to plant newly purchased annuals and other plants that are available at every garden center and many grocery stores at this time of the year. Annuals lead the list of sales at this planting time because of their diverse use and quick and colorful addition to the garden...

A Honor Roll Ninth Grade - Nichole Buehrle, Matthew Buttrey, Amy Debrock, Jeffrey Diebold, Janice Eftink, Kimberly Glastetter, Ashlee Hale, Amy Holman, Sarah Knaup, Taylor Lumsden, Gregory Stevens, April Thompson, Kimberly Westrich Tenth Grade - Christine Auer, Christopher Bucher, Adam Cox, Kevin Diebold, Amy Essner, Nicholas Essner, Nikki Friedrich, Julie Hoffman, Leah Kennard, Lucy Knaup, Christina Movre, Daniel Newton, Ann Ostendorf...

Citing his broad experience, qualifications, and commitment to family values, State Rep. Mary Kasten Friday endorsed David Steelman in the Republican primary for attorney general. "David Steelman is my friend. I served with him in the Legislature and I know that he will do an excellent job as attorney general," said Kasten, a Cape Girardeau Republican, at a press conference Friday afternoon with the candidate...

JEFFERSON CITY - With the clock winding down on his final legislative session, Sen. John Dennis said late last week that lawmakers will have to deal with worker's compensation reform and a new school foundation formula before adjournment. The Senate spent last week handling a backlog of bills and had several late night sessions in an effort to get caught up...

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"Don't get excited, gentlemen, because a newspaper sees fit to criticize your public acts. That's what we are holding office for, to be criticized; and that's what we are conducting a newspaper for, to criticize officeholders and public women. We are here to stay in office until we are voted out and in the newspaper business till we are starved out. We are for self first, the Lord next, and then the people, and `agin' the Devil and Grover Cleveland all the time."...

Some parts of the house slow me down considerably during my spasms of spring house cleaning. The worst of the offenders are the bookshelves. Each book must come out, be dusted and put back on the shelf, according to some standard set long ago. I think such standard was set by Mama when we had about 25 books, most of which we almost knew by heart, except the Waverly Novels and complete works of Lord Byron...

Fifth Grade - Lance Amick, Mandy Amos, Nikki Bridges, Greg Brown, Dustin Cook, Kara Garrard, Amanda Gurley, Daniel Jackson, Nicole Jones, Chris Josephs, Josh Miller, Megan Noon, Jessica Porch, Sarah Roth, Luke Sample, Elizabeth Schumaker, Jessica Schaefer, Kayleen Schweiss, Alaina Smith, Crystal Smith...

A Honor Roll Fourth Grade - Melnda Burnett, Casey Pingel, Casey Randol Fifth Grade - Craig Bohnsack, Jennifer Ellis, Chrissi Glastetter, Chris Kohm, Brittney McDowell, Mary Beth Niederkorn, Sara Rhodes, Annie Stoveink, Cara Ann TIbbs Sixth Grade - Jeremy Balsman, Theresa Biri, Dean Bucher, Christa Millham, Lena Seiler...

High A Honor Roll First Grade - Rachel McCormick Second Grade - Jonathan Smart Third Grade - Sarah Kuntz Fourth Grade - Kenny Dobbins Sixth Grade - Candyce Dobbins, Johanna Gordon, Lauren Young A Honor Roll First Grade - Nicholas Reinhardt, Jessica Stevens, Kyle Miller, Kelly Conway, Nathan Snow...

A Honor Roll Seventh Grade - Joshua Adams, Thomas Beckermann, Kyle Bilek, Jason Browne, Glen Brunke, Laura Chubboy, David Clark, Kyle Daugherty, Kimberly Denton, Zac Estes, Shaun Hanschen, Andrea Johnson, Dee Jones, Ryan Kasten, Alaina Koerberl, Jeremy Kuntze, Jaclyn Langford, Christopher Leimer, Alisha Liley, John Litzelfelner, Chad Looman, Joshua Lukefahr, Sheila McKinley, Sarah McMullin, Jeffrey Mungle, Jesse Perry, Shannon Perry, Matthew Pourney, James Reedy, Beth Roethemeyer, Matthew Russo, Kenesia Schaper, John Schlick, Daniel Schott, Beth Seabaugh, Crystal Seabaugh, Ryan Shelton, Shane Sinn, Amber Sparks, Gretchen Spitzmiller, Douglas Spooler, Jason St. ...

EIGHTH GRADE A Honor Roll Joshua Cano, Bryan Daume, Lora Fornkahl, Paul Kranawetter, Tim Mayfield, Jay Meystedt, Jennifer Petzoldt. B Honor Roll Ben Arbeiter, Jill Benton, Christy collier, Victoria Frank, Brandy Haman, Wendy Hansen, Kendra Kelley, Bryan Kelpe, Joseph Koch, Erika Lang, Jennifer Whittiere, Jonathan Younghouse...

High School A Honor Roll Twelfth Grade - Mala Ahuha, Theresa Baer, Kristi Blattner, Kip Brown, Sean Byrd, Deborah Chung, Meredith Crain, Shannon Curtis, Brandy Draper, Chris Ford, Kathryn Ford, Christa Givens, Brandon Hahs, Ashley Hall, Charlean Hall, Carmen Hammond, Emily Hastings, Karen Hasty, Marla Jones, Haresh Kamath, Nicole Keller, David Kinder, Lori Knoth Lance LaFont, Christina Melton, Meike Newell, Kelly O'Neil, Elizabeth Otto, Stephen Owen, Tammy Parrish, Carrie Peterman, Stephen Reimann, Tina Riley, Andy Rock, LaRoy Roper III, Traci Sander, Susan Sciortina, Amy Sharp, Cara Simpson, Anne Snider, Joy Todd, Robin Waldo, Renee Watkin. ...

A Honors Twelfth Grade - Cathy Aufdenberg, Suzanne Bach, Janet Beasley, Kim Becker, Jessica Beeson, Nicki Blankenship, Renee Brim, Tara Brown, Michale Byrd, Melissa Campbell, Johnny Cope, Stacey Cranmer, Charles Criddle, Heather Deneke, Christine Denton, Maureen Duckett, Chad Francis, Tony Giambolvo, Emily Hendershott, Beckie Hitt, Brandy Hoffman, Lea Hogan, Tisha Humes, Brad Johnson, Tracey Kieninger, Tiffiney Kies, Gina King, Patrick Kintner, Shawn Koenig, Jared Kuntze, Sherry Langford, Julie Lashley, Ginger Lowes, Misti Macdonald, Nicole Martin, Rodney Matthews, Tim Miller, Kerri Monteith, Misty R. ...

A Honor Roll Andrea Benton, Kandra Bowers, Emily Brown, Stine Clark, Vihay Dahiya, Adam Davis, Jeremy Driskell, Alisha Gammon, Elizabeth Green, Alicia Hughes, Dylan Jones, Justin Jones, Rahul Kamath, Debbie Kerr, Kate Kingree, Josh Kuntz, Elizabeth Kunz, Laura Lukens, Branden McCullough, Kelly Morgan, Jamie Pekios, Danielle Pierce, Leanne Pierce, Trent Redfearn, Jodie Shelly, Beth Shivelbine, Laura Sides, Ashley Skinner, Bonnie Taylor, Vicki Ventrella, Eric Voepel...

Grade School A Honor Roll Fourth Grade - Nathan Ford Fifth Grade - Joe Essner, Ryan Fenwick, Cecilia Kuntz, Luke LeGrand, Stephanie Miller, Gretchen Pfautsch Sixth Grade - Jimmy Auer, Anne Hayes, Rebecca Roe Seventh Grade - Jeff Crader, Derek Fenwick, Chris Hoffman, Natalie Jones, Jeff Mueller, Kyle Shaffar...

A Honor Roll Eighth Grade - Jason Azuma, Danielle Barlow, Diana Bartosik, Michelle Bennett, Tiffany Biggerstaff, Courtney Boren, Christi Brueckner, Alice Chen, Stanley Clark, Casey Cook, Joseph Essmyer, Sharla Gaddy, David Haycraft, Aaron Hessenkemper, Andrew Hicks, Jennifer Hook, Tabitha Hughes, Jennifer Jones, Ankita Kadakia, Elizabeth Martin, Todd Matzat, Lesley McCloskey, Crystal Miller, Tania Morris, Brianna Nicholson, Amber Pool, Sven Rainey, Heather Ross, Nadia Sauer, Erinn Schermann, Laura Sheets, Stephanie Slaten, Sarah Sterrett, Aaron Stott, Susan Stricklin, William Thorpe, Emily Trueblood, Laura Wagoner, Kristina Wallis, Diana Weaver, Leah Wessel. ...

High Honors Ninth Grade - Michelle Lipe, Janette Dumas, Regina Durham Tenth Grade - Deena Williams, Jeris Houston, Angelia Honey Eleventh Grade - Paula Shafer, Kristie Stevenson, Davonda Barnett, Dylan Hopkins, Brian Bigham, Christopher Browning Twelfth Grade - Thomas Farris, Tanda Fore, Tiffiney Pickett, David Lamburth, Dena Bigham, Tonya Pettit, Cammi Jacobs, Gretchen Keller, Dennis Savat, Timothy Hart, Daniel Riston, Thomas Smothers, Joseph Westbrook...

OAK RIDGE Seventh Grade - Matthew Mangels, Ruth Pair, Amy Strickland, Lindsey Thomas. Eight Grade - Kristy Bodenschatz, Ashley Cawthorn, Jadie Eisenhauer, Waylon Friese, Mandy Ponder. Ninth Grade - David Callaway, Mary McLane, Michael Riehn, Craig Sebaugh...

A Honors Seventh Grade - Travis Farrar, Jeremiah Cook, Tiffany Dannenmuller, Jody Below, Robert Adams, Laura Hinkebein. Eighth Grade - Michelle Eby, Alissa Swindell, Sarah Seabaugh, Salli Jo Nothdurft, Samantha Bond, Racheal Brown, Michale Kight. Ninth Grade - Meredith Cox, Heath Crader, Crystal Henson, Daniel Cobb, Shonda Landcaster...

SENIORS Kristen Anglin, Jerry Hart, Kara Heuring, Tammy Hornburg, Patrick Hulshof, Tammy Johnson, Kimberly Lambert, Jeannette LeGrand, Mike Long, Shelia Nall, Rachel Record, Tresa Richards, Marcus Schaefer, Gina Schiwitz, Candice Seyer, Sean Stuckey, Wendy Wooldridge...

E Honor Roll Seventh Grade - Cindy Eeftink, Calvin Horrell, Jill Landewee Eighth Grade - Patricia Deck, Andy Landewee, Jennifer Peters, Chris Seabaugh, David Turner, Amy Vandeven Ninth Grade - Danielle Beussink, Chris Horrell, Robin Thiele, Jeff Turner...

A Honor Roll Third Grade - Jessica McDonald, Morgan Cook, Brandy Davis, Tony Doni, Stephen Limbaugh, Chrissy Priest, Larry Rhodes, Charels Thiele Fourth Grade - Kendra Vandemark, Warren Williams, Rashida Wilson, Brighid Briney, Ross Conner, Tommy Dohogne, Mindy Hoffman...

High Honors Twelfth Grade - Lucyanna Johnson, Shannon Hawkins, Orlando Matthews, Jerry Voight, Chris Wehrenberg, Lori Goins, Wardell Levy, Delicia Bailey Eleventh Grade - Cleon Barnett, Kerrie Weston, Ashley Rose, Carmella Blake, Kisha Fitzgerald, Stacie Bierbaum, Melissa Carr, Montez Hopkins, Jennifer Redcloud, Niki Lathan...

A Honor Roll Seventh Grade - Sara Emerson, Jeremy Smith Eighth Grade - Angela DeLaCruz, Brandon Swanner Ninth Grade - Aaron Andrews, Shelly Estes, John Scott Flynn, Kristi Glueck, Angela McCloud, Carrie Wendel Tenth Grade - Ralf Emerson, Shanna Froggatt, Michelle Keesee, Brad Reddick...

EIGHTH GRADE A Honor Roll Ginger Dees, Emily Gauthier, Keith Landeros, Trae Meyr, Jamie Wessel. B Honor Roll Benjamin Aleshire, Tracy Barnhart, Tommy Burnett, Dawn Harmon, Eric Little, Jon Martin, Shaunna McBride, Holly McGuire, Wes Proffer, Tommy Rauch, Candi Razer, Jenanie Rice, Mindy Shrum...

A Honor Roll 4th Grade - Michelle Hency, Mark Ostendorf, Tim Robert. 5th Grade - Kristy Jansen, Katherine Mayer, Laura Rickman. 6th Grade - Jessica Hency, Robert Macklem, Jessica Murph. 7th Grade - Kelly Fisher, Amber McCormick. 8th Grade - Katie Boos, Sarah Essner, Brent Garner, Billy Hennecke, Sara Jansen, Katy McCann, Jill Ostendorf, Teresa Ressel, Tim Rosenthal, Bryan Schaefer, Scott Strattman, Adam Vickery, Julie Wehner...

There's a new product at some Hardee's restaurants this week fried chicken. Hardee's officials unveiled plans for the fried chicken menu during a gathering of federal, state and local officials at Paducah, Ky., last week. "The product will create a significant number of new jobs," said a Hardee's spokesman. "The overall economic impact in the Paducah-Cape Girardeau area is projected at almost $3 million."...

The Southeast Missouri State University Office of Economic Development will be offering courses designed to partially fulfill requirements for real estate appraisal certification. "Foundations of Real Estate Appraisal" is a 30-hour course which will be held at the Bootheel Education Center in Malden May 21, 22, 28 and 29. ...

TCI Cablevision has announced the launching of Primestar, a new television and digital quality audio service now available to rural residents in a 50-mile radius of Cape Girardeau. The program targets customers not now serviced by cable television. Primestar utilizes a small satellite dish in combination with a sophisticated receiver to receive KU band television programming...

Schnucks Markets Inc. has introduced a new line of soft drinks: Schnucks Super Sodas. "We tested a variety of formulas over a period of six months," said Craig Schnuck, company chairman and chief executive officer. "We defined what we wanted and developed our own formula. We created a drink, and we feel the taste compares with Coke and Pepsi...

The Cape Girardeau Area Farmers Market got an early start this year. Five vendors, featuring mostly house plants and "bedding" plants, opened the market this week at the Plaza Galleria parking lot in Cape Girardeau. "It's still a little early for vegetables," said John Knaup, one of the vendors at the Thursday market. "You can expect to see a few vegetables by the end of May."...

Employees' personal problems can impact safety issues, medical costs and work performance. "People, regardless of their position in any organization, face a variety of problems in their daily lives," said Wally Allstun. "Usually they can work them out, but occasionally the problems become too much to handle."...

Terry W. Lynch, owner of Lynch's Fire Protection, has been elected president of the Missouri Fire Equipment Distributors. Lynch, who has operated his fire equipment business at 401 S. West End Boulevard for 22 years, is only the second president of the state organization, which was founded in 1989...

Don Rasche of Cape Girardeau has joined Radio Station KUGT as an account executive. Rasche is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with a degree in business administration. He was associated with the former First Federal Savings and Loan of Southeast Missouri for a number of years. The past four years Rasche has been an insurance agent handling life, health, property and casual business. Rasche, his wife, Margaret, and son, Darren, reside in Cape Girardeau...

Beginning this week, canvassers for R.L. Polk & Company will begin gathering information about Cape Girardeau for the 1992 city directory publication. All residents and businesses areas will be covered by the canvass, which is expected to take from eight to 10 weeks. Residents are asked to provide the information requested to assure accurate listings for the city directory. All enumerators carry identification cards supplied by Polk...

Allen Clark of Cape Girardeau Route 3 and Steven Fritzler of Cape Girardeau recently attended the Aid Association for Lutherans national sales and education conference at Kansas City. Clark and Fritzler qualified to attend the conference through outstanding sales and service to AAL members during 1991...

Birdie Rader, sales associate with Century 21 Key Realty, recently received the Centurion award, the highest level of recognition given top-producing sales associates and offices in the Century 21 system. She was also honored for being number one sales associate in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas by meeting minimum gross-closed-commission criteria. Only 2 percent of the entire Century 21 system reach this level of achievement...

Debra K. Richardson has been named Nurse of the Year at St. Francis Medical Center. Richardson, a member of the medical center's patient-care team since 1977, has a bachelor's degree in nursing from Southeast Missouri State University and is currently working toward a master's degree in health administration...

Amy's Fashions, which moved to Cape Girardeau from Scott City in March, held its grand opening last weekend. Amy's Fashions, Town Plaza Shopping Center, moved into the shopping center because "we feel we're in a higher traffic area here," said Gay St. Mary, store manager...

Procter & Gamble Co. has received the 1992 World Environment Center (WEC) Gold Medal for International Corporate Environmental Achievement. "The WEC Gold Medal award is a symbol of commitment," said Edwin L. Artzt, chairman and chief executive of P&G. "It's an award that we accept with honor...

KANSAS CITY -- Schnucks Markets, Inc., and the Fleming Companies, Inc., have announced Schnucks acquisition of Fleming's Food 4 Less supermarket at 135th and Mur-Len in Olathe, Kansas, and Checkers supermarket in the Highland Plaza on 119th Street near Switzer in Overland Park...

JACKSON -- Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: Glenda Wooldridge et al. to Catana Ragnier; Paul Roger and Peggy A. Ellis to Capital Bank of Cape County; Joseph Marion and Sherri L. Roth to James A. Pierce...